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In fulfillment of one of his campaign promises to cut cost, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disposal of two of the aircraft operated by the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The presidency, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), advertised the sale of two aircraft in THISDAY newspaper yesterday. According to the …

The federal government is demanding $406.75 million at the minimum from the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and its surrogate Shell Western Supply & Trading Limited for alleged crude oil theft. The amount, according to court papers in Lagos, represents the shortfall of the money paid by the multinational oil firm in the account of the Nigerian government with Central …

The Presidency on Tuesday confirmed that newspaper advertisements for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7X executive jet and Hawker 4000, were duly authorised by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists. Shehu said the decision to sell the jets …

The Federal Government has finally agreed to consolidate the criminal charges filed against former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and others before two different High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory Judiciary. This followed a complaint by the former NSA that putting him on trial in two different courts on the same issues would prejudice and cause double jeopardy. …

Deputy Governor Elect in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, Comrade Philip Shuaibu has said that the incoming administration in the state will consolidate on the achievements of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and also make the state an agricultural exporting state. Shuaibu who presently represents Etsako Federal Constituency of Edo State while speaking to journalists in Abuja, said that …

The Economic Community for West African States, ECOWAS, Court, yesterday, ordered the Federal Government to immediately release the erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, from detention. Dasuki, who was NSA to former President Goodluck Jonathan, had been in detention since November 3, 2015, when he was arrested by security operatives over his alleged complicity in a $2.1billion …

The Senate has rejected a bill seeking to compel the Federal Government to recognise Lagos as the country’s commercial capital. Based on the bill the recognition will entitle Lagos to one per cent of the nation’s revenue. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was rejected in a rowdy session on Wednesday. During the second reading of the …

By Terri Moon Cronk – DoD News WASHINGTON — The American nuclear mission is vital to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently told troops at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New. The secretary was traveling across North Dakota, New Mexico, California and Hawaii through Oct. 1 to focus …

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said that it would challenge the outcome of the Edo State governorship election at the election petitions tribunal. The Independent National Electoral Commission had last Thursday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, as the winner of the election. According to the electoral umpire, Obaseki had a total of 319,483 votes …

The Federal Government, through its newly set up National Prosecution Coordination Committee, may start filing fraud charges against some former governors before the end of October. It was learnt that the NAPCC and some of the special teams of prosecutors, pooled together by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had commenced the review …